Om

Glossary
A
adieu
agape
amar
anon
Anthropomorphism
antics
Aphrodite
Apoptosis
aquatic
Archaea

Good-bye .
Open-mouthed with wonder .
Immortal .
Every now and then .
To attribute human form to God .
Grotesque ;bizarre .
Greek goddess
Programmed death; suicide (by cells) .
In , upon or near water .
Ancient(oldest) form of unicellular .
prokaryotic (bacteria like) organisms .
Mesozoic animal, with some dinosaur
and some bird like features ;
(found as fossil) missing link between
dinosaurs and birds .
Greek philosopher
Arrangement ; formation .
Adenosine tri phosphate ( a chemical storing
energy in easily usable form ) .
Soul .
Luminous atmospheric (electronical)
phenomenon radiating light .

Archaeopteryx

Aristotle
array
ATP
atma
Aurora
B
bills
bird of paradise

Beaks
Strelizia reginae a south African flowering plant
with flower looking like birds head and beak .
Elementary particle carrying fundamental
forces ( of smallest quantity of energy with
smallest possible quantity of mass ) .
A class of Non-flowering plants (moss like).

Boson
Bryophyta
C
Cell fate
s
charismatic

What an embryonic cell is ultimately going to be ;

(during and as a result of development and
specialization) .
Attractive ; magnetic ; charming.

Chemotrophic
Cretaceous
Coenozoic
Cyano bacteria
Cytoplasm

Deriving energy from chemicals (electron donors).

A period of Mesozoic era ..
Recent geological era (age of mammals).
A type of oldest bacteria (blue green algae).
Fluid contents of a living cell in which organelle
lie embedded .
D

DNA
devta

De oxy Ribo Nucleic Acid

Gods
E

e-fortification

Cell membrane of a living cell

(acting like a fort wall with gates
operated electronically or otherwise)
Exit .
Formation and development of embryo .
Aeon ; an age of the universe
(Very long period of time) .
With (true) nucleus in the cell .
Organisms living in extreme conditions .

egress
Embryogenesis
Eons
Eukarotic
Extremophile
F
flabbergasted
frivolous

Astonished ; dumbfounded .
Trifling ;
G

gates

Entry / exit points in cell

embedded in its membrane .
Full set of genes in a cell .
Golgi apparatus an organelle
-processing and packing unit in a cell .
Bell .
Brain .
Gymnosperms (naked seeded plants)
Female organ in flowers .
Cunning .

Genotype
Golgi
gong
grey matter
gymnos
Gynoecium
guile
H
Hermaphrodite
Homology

Bisexual .
Similarity due to common origin ;

(showing evolutionary relationship) .

Remaining in inactive phase
during winter or unfavourable period .
Simple aquatic invertebrate Hydrozoa

Hibernation
Hydra
I
ingenious
ingress
Instar

Clever .
Entry .
A stage in development
of larva of insects .
j

Jajman

Worshiper-host of a pandit .
K
L

Leptons

Elementary particles of energy

(which form electrons )
Entice ; to attract by tempting .

lure
M
m RNA
maya
MY
Medusa

Messenger Ribo Nucleic Acid .

Magic of Gods Nature .
Million years .
Umbrella like mature stage of
a Gelly fish .
Great change in form due to
hormonal reactivation of development ..
Roman goddess .
Mitochondria organelle for
respiration in a cell- a powerhouse
producing energy (as ATP).
Cargo transporting mini machines
operating on tracks in a cell .
Forms
Lord Vishnus female form
Middle geological era .(age of reptiles)

Metamorphosis
Minerva
Mito
Molecular motors
Morphs
mohini
Mesozoic
Mutualism

Mutual relationship in organisms in

which both benefit,(a type of symbiosis)

.
N

Nano
Nucleus

Microscopic ; extremely small .

Controlling organelle -containing
chromosomes ( DNA )-etc., in a cell
O

Organelle
Ornithophilous
Ontogeny

Tiny microscopic organs in a cell .

Bird pollinated flowers
Developmental history of an organism .
(from zygote onwards )
P

paataal
Paradigm

Under world
Accepted prevailing standard or norm
(of a view, principle, concept )
Distance measuring system
in insects (like a meter in a taxi ) .
Geological period of Paleozoic era
Evolutionary history of species .
Simple flat worm .
Greek philosopher .
A mass of coherent pollen grains .
Polymorphism by environmental trigger
Having more than one form (phenotype)
Young asexual stage of Gelly fish .
Oldest super eon in geological
time scale .
Characteristic tendency .
Assuming male form first .
one of the six kingdoms of living beings
microscopic organisms .
All the contents in a living cell
as a whole ( including nucleus
and other organelle and cytoplasm ) .
A class of non flowering plants
(fern like ) .

Pedometer
Permian
Phylogeny
Planaria
Plato
Pollinia
Polyphynism
Polymorphism
Polyp
Precambrian
propensity
Protandry
Protista
Protoplasm
Pteridophytes

Q
Quarks

Elementary particles having smallest

quantity of energy (which form
protons and neutrons) .
R

Radiometric dating

Technique of determining age

by using radioactive isotopes.
Devil .
King of rakshas .
Molecular receivers of signals on or embedded in the membrane
of a cell .
Ribosome- organelle - a molecular machine
for producing proteins from amino acids as
per decoded instructions .

rakshhas
Raven
Receptors
Ribo

S
Salamander
Shiv

An amphibian .
Lord shiv-one of the three
great Gods .
Necessary conditions .
Greek philosopher .
Crystaline calcium carbonate .
structures in caves .
Technique of determining
strata (geology).
High waves in the sea
(causing catastrophe )
Living together of organisms
in intimate relationship .
.

sin qua non

Socrates
Speleothemes
Stratigraphy
sunami
Symbiosis
T
t RNA

Transfer Ribo Nucleic Acid

(transports amino acids to ribosome
for manufacture of proteins )
Technique of transfer of
genetic material ; (such as from
bacteria to bacteria via virus) .
Natures technique of reprogramming
for change in cell lineage .
Quickly in no time ; in a moment .

Transduce
Transdifferenciation
trice
U
UV

Ultra violet rays

V

vicissitude

Change of circumstance;

change of fortune .
Lord Vishnuone of the three
great gods

Vishnu
W
X
Xerophytes

Desert plants.
Y

yore

Past time ; old days .

Z

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